is it pretty much like paella?
2006-08-10 03:15:47 · 9 answers · asked by VanillaIce 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Yes it is a paella type dish. It can have a variety of ingredients in it (whatever is on hand) but classically jambalaya has andouille sausage, shrimp, onions, celery, bell peppers, garlic, tomatoes, bay leaf, thyme, CAYENNE PEPPER, rice and Cajun/Creole seasonings. Each cook adds to and takes away from this basic formula. Chicken bits can even be added, if some is available. It is a good dish for family or company.
2006-08-10 03:37:50 · answer #1 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creole Jambalaya
Ingredients
(8 servings)
3/4 c Chopped onion
1/2 c Chopped celery
1/4 c Chopped green pepper
2 Garlic cloves, minced
2 tb Butter or margarine
2 c Cubed fully cooked ham
1 cn Tomatoes with liquid, cut up (28 oz.)
1 cn Condensed beef broth (10 1/2-oz.)
1 c Uncooked long grain white rice
1 c Water
1 ts Sugar
1 ts Dried thyme
1/2 ts Chili powder
1/4 ts Pepper
1 1/2 lb Fresh or frozen uncooked shrimp, peeled & deveined
1 tb Chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
In a Dutch oven, saute onion, celery, green pepper and garlic in butter until tender. Add next 9 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 minutes. Add shrimp and parsley; simmer uncovered, until shrimp are cooked, 7-10 minutes.
2006-08-10 07:51:07 · answer #2 · answered by scrappykins 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not paella. Paella is just seafood, and the spices are totally different.
The word itself a combination of the French "jambon" meaning ham, the French article "à la" meaning "in the style of" and "ya", thought by some to be of West African origin meaning rice. Basically it is a hodgepodge of different meats in rice.
You use Andouille sausage and chicken, then add vegetables and tomatoes to cook, then add seafood, adding rice and stock at the end.
2006-08-10 03:34:44 · answer #3 · answered by kako 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a Cajun/Creole dish, usually made with shrimp, chicken, Andouille sausage, and rice with a tomato base and lots of cayenne pepper. Some folks put crawfish in it too. Very popular in the Louisiana bayou region.
2006-08-10 03:22:02 · answer #4 · answered by sarge927 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's Creole vegetable soup, basically. What sets it apart from others is that it contains okra, a veggie most popular in the South. It can contain shrimp or sausage and is preferably spicy. Delicious! A New Orleans specialty.
2006-08-10 03:21:15 · answer #5 · answered by Emm 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pretty much.
2006-08-10 03:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its rice chicken sasage and oion
2006-08-10 03:20:06 · answer #7 · answered by the ole ball and chain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its like spagetti i think.
2006-08-10 03:24:31 · answer #8 · answered by A True Leo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tasty
2006-08-10 11:09:26 · answer #9 · answered by Small Lady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋